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Pencarrow electorate boundaries between 1993 and 1996.

Pencarrow is a former Parliamentary electorate in the lower Hutt Valley of New Zealand, from 1978 to 1996.

Population centres

The 1977 electoral redistribution was the most overtly political since the Representation Commission had been established through an amendment to the Representation Act in 1886, initiated by Muldoon's National Government.^[1] As part of the 1976 census, a large number of people failed to fill out an electoral re-registration card, and census staff had not been given the authority to insist on the card being completed. This had little practical effect for people on the general roll, but it transferred Māori to the general roll if the card was not handed in. Together with a northward shift of New Zealand's population, this resulted in five new electorates having to be created in the upper part of the North Island.^[2] The electoral redistribution was very disruptive, and 22 electorates were abolished, while 27 electorates were newly created (including Pencarrow) or re-established. These changes came into effect for the 1978 election.^[3]

The electorate is based on the southern part of the city of Lower Hutt.

History

Pencarrow existed from 1978, replacing the Petone electorate. In the 1978 election, the electorate was won by Fraser Colman, who had been MP for Petone since the 1967 by-election.^[4] Colman retired in 1987 and was succeeded by Sonja Davies.^[5] After her retirement in 1993, she was succeeded by Trevor Mallard. When the Pencarrow electorate was abolished in 1996, Mallard transferred to the Hutt South electorate.^[6]

Members of Parliament

Key

Labour

Election	Winner
1978 election		Fraser Colman
1981 election
1984 election
1987 election		Sonja Davies
1990 election		Sonja Davies
1993 election		Trevor Mallard
(Electorate abolished in 1996; see Hutt South)

Election results

1993 election

1993 general election: Pencarrow^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Trevor Mallard	8,106	44.18
	National	Rosmarie Thomas	5,546	30.23
	Alliance	Len Otway	3,021	16.46
	NZ First	Kia Houpapa	1,186	6.46
	Christian Heritage	Julian Paton	380	2.07
	McGillicuddy Serious	Ben Cauchi	186	1.01
Majority			2,641	14.39
Turnout			18,344	93.63	+9.44
Registered electors			19,592

1990 election

1990 general election: Pencarrow^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonja Davies	7,486	40.97	+0.20
	National	Ray Wallace	7,102	38.87
	Green	K M Goldsmith	1,499	8.20
	NewLabour	Ossie Renata	1,199	6.56
	Independent Labour	Ian Greig	374	2.04	−17.93
	Democrats	Peter Carter	233	1.27	−3.24
	McGillicuddy Serious	J C McGruddy	131	0.71
	NZ Party	M Millette	125	0.68
	Social Credit	J E Cruickshank	89	0.48
	People's Party	Christopher Ellis	25	0.13
	Communist League	Cecil Pirihi	15	0.08
Majority			384	2.10	−7.93
Turnout			18,270	84.19	−2.10
Registered electors			21,700

1987 election

1987 general election: Pencarrow^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sonja Davies	7,524	40.77
	National	Andrew Harvey	5,673	30.74
	Independent Labour	Ian Grieg	3,686	19.97
	Democrats	Peter Carter	834	4.51
	Independent Labour	P O Renata	490	2.65
	Independent	S R O Dransfield	126	0.68
	McGillicuddy Serious	John Morrison	119	0.64
Majority			1,851	10.03
Turnout			18,452	86.29	−5.61
Registered electors			21,383

1984 election

1984 general election: Pencarrow^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Colman	10,338	54.65	+0.87
	National	Barry Cranston	4,920	26.01
	NZ Party	Clive Wickens	2,992	15.81
	Social Credit	P Lyth	664	3.51
Majority			5,418	28.64	+6.21
Turnout			18,914	91.90	+2.36
Registered electors			20,580

1981 election

1981 general election: Pencarrow^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Fraser Colman	9,745	53.78	+0.39
	National	Willard Amaru	5,680	31.35
	Social Credit	Reg Moore	2,692	14.85
Majority			4,065	22.43	+2.49
Turnout			18,117	89.54	+18.56
Registered electors			20,233

1978 election

1978 general election: Pencarrow^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Labour	Fraser Colman	9,769	53.39
	National	Brett Newell	6,030	32.95
	Social Credit	B E Reeves	1,901	10.39
	Values	A B Gardiner	596	3.25
Majority			3,649	19.94
Turnout			18,296	70.98
Registered electors			25,773

Notes

^ McRobie 1989, pp. 8–9, 51, 119.
^ McRobie 1989, p. 119.
^ McRobie 1989, pp. 115–120.
^ Wilson 1985, p. 190.
^ Else, Anne. "Sonja Davies". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ "Hon Trevor Mallard". New Zealand Parliament. 4 December 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1993. p. 85.
^ Part 1: Votes recorded at each polling place (Technical report). New Zealand Chief Electoral Office. 1990. p. 90.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Norton 1988, p. 316.

References

McRobie, Alan (1989). Electoral Atlas of New Zealand. Wellington: GP Books. ISBN 0-477-01384-8.
Wilson, James Oakley (1985) [First published in 1913]. New Zealand Parliamentary Record, 1840–1984 (4th ed.). Wellington: V.R. Ward, Govt. Printer. OCLC 154283103.
Norton, Clifford (1988). New Zealand Parliamentary Election Results 1946–1987: Occasional Publications No 1, Department of Political Science. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. ISBN 0-475-11200-8.